Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
China has satellite images have object in plain search area http://adf.ly/gzOJy
china is investigating new satellite images have debris in the southern
Indian Ocean
potentially from missing flight MH 370
Malaysian officials say
Malaysia's acting Transport Minister read out the news as he was handed
during his daily briefing
saying one element of debris was twenty 2.5 meters long and 13 meters wide
he said the Chinese government would give more details on Saturday
flight MH 370 dropped out of contact an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur for
Beijing on March 8 carrying 239 people
Malaysian officials suspect the plane was deliberately taken of course
angry relatives
his acting Transport Minister Hisham you dan hussein broke off the question and
answer segment of his briefing in Kuala Lumpur to say
the news that I just received is that the chinese ambassador received
satellite image a floating objects in the southern corridor and they will be
sending ships to verify
he added Beijing is expected to make an announcement in a few hours
China is one of 26 nations involved in the search for flight MH 370
most of those on board the plane were Chinese nationals
planes in vessels are already searching the southern Indian Ocean following
earlier satellite images this week that detected possible debris 2,500
kilometers south-west of Perth in Australia
China Sinha state news agency said the latest images were about 120 kilometres
from that site
the search in the Indian Ocean is being led by the Australian Maritime Safety
Authority
it dispatched six planes to the area on Saturday
to search an area roughly the size of Denmark
additional vessels supplied by China Japan and the United Kingdom are due to
join them in the search
the first plane returned with no success in finding debris
before being handed the note at his briefing mister hussein said that all
means were being pursued to narrow the search corridor and that planes intended
to search 10,500 square nautical miles on Saturday
but he said the conditions were very challenging with strong currents and
rough seas
in a tropical cyclone warning that could affect ships involved in the search
mister hussein also said investigations have the plane's cargo manifest did not
show any link to anything that may have contribution to the plane's
disappearance
he also referred to the angry scenes as Malaysian officials briefed Chinese
relatives in Beijing
mister hussein admitted the briefing had been tense and an investigation was
under way to try to improve the situation
the briefing also touched on a reported transcript of communications between the
pilots have the plane that was carried in Britain's Daily Telegraph
the Telegraph's transcript showed routine communications
ending with the fateful final words have copilot free Cobb do ha Mead
alright goodnight
experts say only two elements appear to have any note
although they stressed it was important not to read too much into them
one was that the final message at 17 about the plane's altitude at 35,000
feet was an unnecessary repeat have a message six minutes earlier
the other was that the loss of communication with the plane occurred at
the handover point at Malaysian to Vietnamese air control
at the press briefing mister hussein said the transcript does not indicate
anything abnormal
other Malaysian official at the briefing said the transcript was not accurate
without specifying what was wrong with the document
earlier Australian Deputy PM or entrust about the search would continue until
further searching would be futile and that day is not in sight
the search has been in two distinct coroners one stretching to the northwest
and the last known location in the Malacca Straits and one to the southwest
this was based on a day to ping apparently sent to a satellite from the
missing plane
however on Saturday mister hussein said that China
India Pakistan me on Mar
and several other nations had informed Malaysia that analysis on their radar
records had revealed no evidence of flight
MH 370 crossing their airspace